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Toledo & Wabash R. R. v. City of Lafayette

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1864PublishedCited by 14 opinions

APPEAL from the Tippecanoe Common Pleas. *

1Opinion of the CourtWorden, J.

Complaint by the appellant against the appellees, to restrain the collection of .certain taxes assessed by the city against the company.

■ Demurrer to the complaint sustained. Exception and judgment for the defendants.

The complaint alleges, in substance, the following facts:

That' the city of Lafayette is a municipal corporation under the general law of the State for the incorporation of cities, and that Mdgely is the treasurer and collector thereof; that the city, through her officers and agents, illegally, &e., assumed to assess a city tax against the plaintiff, in this, by assessing the lots…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Greencastle Township v. BlackIndiana Supreme Court · 1854
  2. Ontario Bank v. BunnellNew York Supreme Court · 1833
  3. City of Lafayette v. JennersIndiana Supreme Court · 1858
  4. President of the Peru v. BradshawIndiana Supreme Court · 1855
  5. State ex rel. Dunn v. HamiltonIndiana Supreme Court · 1854

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Blessing v. City of GalvestonTexas Supreme Court · 1874
  2. English v. SmockIndiana Supreme Court · 1870
  3. Town of Ligonier v. AckermanIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
  4. Board of Commissioners v. AdlerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1922
  5. Department of Treasury v. RidgelyIndiana Supreme Court · 1936

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